This contest is now closed. Click here to follow the stock contest leader board. Good luck to all participants!

First of all, congratulations to Brian Nixon whose stock pick, Genetic Technologies (GENE) went from 1.06 to 3.03 – an increase of 185% For winning the contest Brian will receive $300.00.

2011 was a challenging year for stocks. The average stock went down 21.43% while 30 stocks went up and 76 went down.

To participate in the 2012 contest, here is what you need to do:

Respond to the blog with your stock name and symbol.

State the reason why you picked the stock you did. It’s as simple as that. We’ll do the rest.

A few things to remember:

• You need to respond by 7:00 PM CST January 23, 2012.

• You can only have one entry.

• The stock price needs to be at least $1.00 – anything less will not be accepted into the contest.

• Only one person can have a particular stock, so the person who responds first gets the pick and we will notify anyone who has a duplicate stock (we had at least 10 duplicates last year and I am sure there will be more this year).

• If a stock splits, we will make the necessary calculation and adjustment.

• If the company you pick gets acquired during the year and their company doesn’t have their own stock price, you won’t be counted in the contest.

• We will use the stock prices as they were at the time the market closed the last trading day of 2010.

• Like last year we will post a leader board.

First prize will be $300.00 for the person whose stock goes up the highest percentage in 2012.

I will get the ball rolling with my choice for the 2012 contest: Starbucks (SBUX). Everyone seems to love Starbucks and they continue to be creative with their business.

Take the stock challenge of 2012! Get your entries in today!

Again, the deadline is 7:00 PM CST, January 23th.

Yes I predicted the Colts would win their second game of the year and yes the Dallas Cowboys and The NY Jets aren’t very good teams and both might be playing golf next week instead of football.

Congratulations to Jon Last who won this week in a tie breaker and joins Josh Epstein, Scott Wallace, Jacob Adler, Matt Hancock, Sharon Gautschy, Andy Davis, Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here.

Congratulations go out to Andrew Dixon who was the cumulative champion this year and Amber Leila Esco who qualified for the championship week again with her tie breaker win over Willie Martin and now has two spots in the championship week.

The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

REMEMBER THE DEADLINE FOR THIS WEEK’S PICKS IS FRIDAY AT 5:00 CST.

None of the picks will be posted until that time. We will highlight all of the people who qualify for the championship week and there will be a second tie breaker game just in case we need it to determine a winner.

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Good luck to all.

Yes I predicted the Colts would win their first game of the year and yes I knew that the Philadelphia Eagles would pound the NY Jets – frankly I peaked with those two picks. The rest of my week wasn’t that good.

A ton of upsets – the Packers lost for the first time, the Detroit Lions came back from a 13 point deficit (sound familiar Cowboys fans) to win in the last seconds. San Diego sent the Ravens home with a loss and the Texans, yes the Texans got upset!

As far as the pool goes Tyson Chandler (code name for Josh Epstein) has a one game lead over Genevieve and Sonja Streich. If the Steelers win, Tyson (I mean Josh) wins. If the 49ers win, then it will come down to a tie-breaker…

Congratulations to last week’s winner Scott Wallace. He joins Jacob Adler, Matt Hancock, Sharon Gautschy, Andy Davis, Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Andrew Dixon has a four game lead over Erin Jewell and Amber in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

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THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN AND BE PART OF CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK!

Good luck to all.

WOW!!! Are you kidding me! Yes I was at the Cowboy game and shocked they gave up a 12 point lead with 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter! All you hear from the media around here is that Rob Ryan is a genius…. really you give up over 500 yards in the BIGGEST game of the year!!!! at home!!!!! On national TV!!!!!! Seriously… Wow Congrads to Eli Manning and the Giants for a huge come from behind win!!…. FYI I picked the Giants to win and that was one of my 12 wins…. As far as the pool goes Scott Wallace and week one winner Sam Picchiotti are tied with 14 wins and if the Rams win tomorrow night they will be joined by Aaron Thomas in a tie-breaker.

Congratulations to last week’s winner Jacob Adler who becomes the first repeat winner from last year! He joins Matt Hancock, Sharon Gautschy, Andy Davis, Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Andrew Dixon has a two game lead over Erin Jewell in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.

Did you know that 184 people entered the pool last week and (drum roll please) 122 have a better score than I do! A few people were tied with me and get this – only 22 people had less wins than I did. Clearly there should be a strategy to look at my picks and go in the other direction! With 15 games in the record books it will come down to Matt Gershner (a research veteran) or Jacob Adler (a weekly winner from last year) son of Jeff Adler and still a teen! In fact the tie breaker won’t come into play tonight. If San Diego wins so does Jacob if not Matt Gershner takes home the prize!

Congratulations to last week’s winner Matt Hancock, who joins Sharon Gautschy, Andy Davis, Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Erin Jewell has a slim one game lead over Andrew Dixon in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.

After the Thursday games 50 people were undefeated and tied for the lead. After the early games yesterday 9 people will still perfect at 10-0! And as of this morning two people share the top spot. Lisa Smith and Matt Hancock each have 14 wins and if New Orleans wins it will come down to the tie-breaker. If the Giants win Zealie will be added to the mix.

Congratulations to last week’s winner Sharon Gautschy who joins Andy Davis, Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Andrew Dixon has a two game lead over Erin Jewell and a four game lead over Casey Turner in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.

Interesting start to week 11 as the NY Jets get upset by Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos. I am not sure how it happened all I can tell you is it did happen! Of course I didn’t predict this but 16% of the pool did – nice job!

With Thanksgiving around the corner we are posting the pool a few days early so everyone can get their picks in prior to the holiday.

A few interesting stats about the football pool:

• We have been doing the pool for 28 weeks and the M/F breakdown of the winners is exactly even at 14 and 14
   
• Last year’s winners in the pool averaged 12.5 wins per week while this year the average winner is 12.8
   
• We have had 4,871 entries in the pool an average of 158 last year and 192 this year
   
• Two people have had perfect scores J.R Vezna was 16-0, Rick Hurwitz 13-0. Other top scores include Ben Smithee who was 15-1 last year and Bob Tekampe who was 15-1 this year!

Congratulations to last week’s winner Andy Davis who joins Marshall Toplansky, Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Andrew Dixon has the top spot followed by Erin Jewell and Randy Carson in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON WEDNESDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

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Good luck to all.

Another week of football and another crazy week filled with upsets – the Eagles lost again – seriously! Am I dreaming that. I guess not since 9% of the people who particiapted were smart enough to take them.

Well after 15 games the winner of this week’s pool will be either Andy Davis or Genevieve – both have 12 wins (impressive) and both have the Packers tonight as do all of the people who have 11 wins.

Congratulations to last week’s winner Marshall Toplansky who joins Amber Leila Esco, Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Erin Jewell has the top spot followed by Andrew Dixon in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.

Almost 200 people were part of the pool this week and I thought for the third time we might have a perfect score. After the early games Jason Miller, Steve Benson, Brian Bussetti and Rick Johnson were all perfect at 7-0. Things settled down and where we stand now is Brian Bussetti and John Chenelier are tied with 11 wins. Both have the Eagles tonight but if the Chicago Bears win we will have a 4 way tie between Brian, John, Ginger Blazier and Marshall Toplansky.

Congratulations to last week’s winner Amber Leila Esco who joins Kelly Christine Delaney, Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Erin Jewell, Andrew Dixon and Randy Carson are all tied with 93 wins in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

REMEMBER THERE IS A GAME ON THURSDAY NIGHT SO THE CONTEST CLOSES AT 5PM ON THURSDAY!

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.

After Sunday’s games we have 17 people TIED (including Bob T and J.R. Venza who have already won this year) with 10 wins. Interesting that none of the 17 picked the St Louis Rams to win. If the KC Chiefs win tonight there will be a 2 way tie and more likely the Chargers win and then there will be a mad scramble to see who wins this week’s pool.

Congratulations to last week’s winner Kelly Christine Delaney (the first female to win this year) who joins Rick Hurwitz, Clay Dethloff, J.R. Venza, Sam Picchiotti, Bob Tekampe & couldbStu in the championship week!

To see the current standings, click here. Erin Jewell has the top spot followed by Andrew Dixon in the cumulative rankings. The results page shows this week’s current standings as well as the cumulative rankings.

Remember, the weekly winners will receive $50 and be given a spot in the grand prize pool during week 17 for an opportunity to win $400 and of course bragging rights for the next 6 months. In addition, the two people who have the highest cumulative score (these standing will be updated weekly) will be given a spot in the grand prize pool along with the weekly winners.

Click here to participate in this week’s pool.

Feel free to share the link and have friends, colleague, relatives, kids and anyone else you want join the pool.

Good luck to all.